Irrigating water-gate.



No. 725,093. PATENTED APILH 1903 i W. H. KILER. I

IRRIGATING WATER GATE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 12. 1902.

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Units dismiss WILLIAM H. KILER, on POMONA, .CALTFQRNIA.

lRRlGA'iiNG ATER-GATE.

SPECIFICATION forming giartef Letters Patent No. 725,093, dated April. 14;, 1903-.

I Application filed June 12, 1902. Serial No. 111,233- (No model.)

To aZZ whom, it may concern.- I

Be it known that LWILLIAM H.KILER,3. citizen of the Unitedtatates, residing at Pomona.

in the county on Los Angeles and State of California, have invented anew and useful lrrigatingWater-Gate, 0*; which the following is aspecification. a

An object of this invention is to provide an irrigating water-gate which is adapted to be mounted in an open-topped pipe, and which can be readily cleaned from moss, algze, or other foreign substances that may be carried to the gate by the water, and which will be simple in construction and cheap to manufactore, and in which the valve can be readily respace as possible for storage and transportation.

Another object is to provide an extremely cheap Watergate in which the valve seatsad- 1 j ustably upon the valve-seat. In this connection I provide an inverted rocking ;Li'-shaped member which carries the valve, with its valve-stein, and allows the same to seat ad- "justably on the seat.

A further object is to provide the valve with fastening attachments and a movable connection, eliminating liability to rust out at the joints or to become rust-tight. 1 accomplish this by providing upright fastening members, one adapted to act asa pivot, rigidly fixed to the valve-seat, and my invention is therefore especially adapted for use where a. wetting of the parts is unavoidable.

It; is an object of this invention to mount the valve above the valve-seat by means of a detached bar which can be instantly removed and replaced.

This appliance is intended to be made at low est and without any machine-work or close fitting of parts, except the fitting of the valve upon its valve-seat.

The accompanying drawings illustrate the invention.

Fignre I is a fragmental perspectivevi'ew of an irrigating water-gate embodying my in- {O vention. Fig. 11 is a fragmentnl sectional detail. Fig. 111 is a plan of the detached valve carrying bar. Eig. IV is an elevation of one end of said bar. Fig. V shows an elevation of the shouldered log with which said end of the bar engages. Fig. V l is an elevation of the other end of saidbar. Fig. Vii shows an el-evationof the shouldered lug with which said other end engages. Fig. Vii-l is a sectional, plan on line VIII VIlI, Fig. 11. IX is a plan viewed from above said VIII VIII.

1 designates a valve-seat in the torn; of a metal ring; 2, a stand-pipe in which the same is cemented by cement 3.

sis the orifice of the valve-scat. 5 lsa headed log at one side of said orifice. 6 is a headed lug at the other side of the orifice. 1

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7 is a bent valve-carrying nieinherin the 8 designates arms at one end 1 form of a bar. of said bar to engage the headed logo. 9 is a lug at the other end of-the bar to-engage the headed lug 6 at the other side of the orifice.

the lug 6 and constituting movable means for fastening the bar in place.

ll is'the valve, 12 'thescrewilireaded valvestem,j and 13 the handle for the valve-stein.

The-bar is preferably'arranged to reel: or tilt on'the valve-seat plate 1, and the valve is also desirably arranged to tip or tilt on the valve-stem. The bar is pivotally mounted on the valve-p late by means of the arms 8 at one end of thebar; which embrace the headed lug 5,-and the lug or shoulder 9 at the other end of the bar may be beveled or slanting, or the shoulder of the headed log (5 may be beveled or slanting, or both shoulder and lug may be beveled or slanting, so that when the bar is swung around into place itwill wedge against the-headed log. in the drawings I have shown the headed lug 6 and the log 9 at the end of the bar both beveled.

b designates the beveled end of the bar, and c the beveled face of the headed lug.

.d is a guard-arm which may project from the bar 7 to engage the headed 111g 6 to pro Fig.

10 is a pinin a hole (6 in the be? 7 to engage vent it from swinging too far in case the bar may be too short for the beveled faces I) and c to engage.

' The face of the valve may be formed of rub:

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swung to bring the lug 9 underneath the head of the lug 6 and when wedged in place may be secured by the pin 10, whereupon the valve will be ready for use. It can be removed by a reversal of the operation just described.

The headed or shouldered lugs 5 and 6 project up from the top of the valve-seat ring 1 and may be practically equal in height to the width of the member 7, and the space between said lugsmay be sufficient to span the uprights 11 j of said member when it is laid upon the valve-seat, so that when disassembled the gate can be packed in small space, the memher 7 being held between said lugs. In case the valve-stem is in the member 7 and the valve in place on the stem, the valve may be insertededgewise in the orifice at the middle thereof and the member 7 brought between the lugs 5 and 6, as above stated, thus bringing the parts into smaller compass than when the same are assembled for use. The lug 5 is desirably circular in cross-section to form a headed pivot-pin having a contracted neck which is embraced by the arms 8, and the other lug, 6, is desirably angular, having a head or shoulder it, under which thelug 9 is brought when the member 7 is in place." The heads of the two lugs hold the member down against the pressure of the water and against the pressure exerted by the screw-stem 12 in forcing the valve closed.

The U member 7 may have two movements-viz., a swinging movement on the pivot-pin 5 and a rocking movement on its seat formed by the two pins or lugs 5 and 6. The rocking movement allows the valve to seat firmly on its seat when the screw is turned.

The gate is readily put together without machine-finishing.

The recessed portion m, by which the arms 8 are formed, may be constructed and arranged to fit loosely on the neck of the pivot-pin 5, and when the wedging portion 9 of the member Tongages the stop 6 the member 7 may be held by the shouldered pin and stop against any upward movement, but may rock to allow the valve to seat properly on the valve-seat. The contacting faces may be rounded, as indicated at n, to allow the member 7 to rock to adjust the valve to its'seat. The recessed portion m is desirably beveled, as indicated at 0, so that it may be readily inserted into place on theneck p by tilting the member 7 up to bring the arms 8 under the head of the pivot-pin 5.

What I claim, and desire to secure byLet-' ters Patent of the United States, is-

1. "A Watergate comprising in combination a valve-seat fu rnished with upwgrdly-projecting shouldered lugs on the opposite sides of its orifice, respectively, one of said lugs being a headed pivot-pin; and a member carrying a valve and provided at one end with arms to engage said pivot-pin, and at the other end with a stop to engage the other shouldered lug.

2. A water-gate comprising in combination a valve-seat furnished with upwardly-projecting shouldered lugs on the opposite sides of its orifice, respectively, one of said lugs being a headed pivot-pin a member carrying a valve and provided at one end with arms to engage saidpivot-pin, and at the other end with a lug to engage the other shouldered lug; and

movablemeans for holding the member inplace.

3. In a valve, in combination, a valve-seat, a valve-carrying member, means on one side of the valve-seat adapted to be pivotally engaged by said member, a lug on the other side of the valve-seat to stop and fasten the free end of said member, said lug furnished with a projection extending toward the valve-seat, the free end of the valve-carrying member being adapted to swing under the projection from one side thereof only, and means on the other side of the projection for retaining in place said free end of the valve -carrying member. 7

4. A water-gate comprising,in combination, a valve-seat furnished at one side of its orifice with a lug having a'neck circular in crosssection; a U-shaped valve-carrying member having at oneend arms for pivotally engaging said neck, and means for fastening the other end of said U-shaped member to the valve-seat at the opposite side of said orifice.

5. A water-gate oomprisinga valveseatfurnished at opposite sides of its orifice with lugs, one of which is a pivot-pin having a head, and the other is a stop and has a projecting shoulder; and a U -shaped valve oarrying member having arms at one end toepgage the pivot-pin and having at the other end 2.. lug to engage the said stop.

6. A water-gate comprising a valve-seat furnished at opposite sides of its orifice with shouldered lugs, one of which is a pivot-pin and the other a stop, a U-shaped valve-carrying member having at one end arms to engage the pivot-pin' and having at the other end a projection to engage the stop, said projection andstop being adapted and arranged to wedge together. 7 v

7. A valve-seat furnished with lugs, one or which is constructed to form a pivot-pin and the other to form a stop, anda U-shaped valve-carrying member having at one end a recessed portion to engage the pivot-pin and at the other end a. projection to engage the stop, said projection being furnished with a gnard d. g

e 8. A valve-seat'fnrnished with two shonidered lugs, one of which is a pivot and the other a stop, a valve-carrying member having a. recessed portion to engage the .pivot, and a wed'ging portion to engage the stop.

9. A valve-seat furnished with two shouldered lugs, one of which is a pivot and the other a. stop, a valve-carrying member having a. recessed portion to engage the pivot, and a wedging portion to engage'the stop; and at pin in said member to engage the stop to hold said member in place.

10. A water-gate comprising in combine.- tion a valve-seat furnished with a, headed pivot-pin on one side, a member carrying a. valve and provided at one end with means adapted to be moved into operative engagement with said pin, a. combined stop and fatstening device on the side of the valve-seat opposite the pivot-pin, and means at the free end of the-valve-cnrrying memberadaptedto fastened. v

t 11. A Water-gate comprising a valve-seat furnished with a heeded-fpivot-pin on one side, a. member carrying a valve and provided at one end with a. recessed portion adapted to be moved into operative engagement with said pin, a. combined stop and fastening device on the side of the valve-seat opposite the pivot-pin, and means at the free end of the valve-carrying member adapted to be swung into engagement with the aforementioned device. v

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification, in the presence oi two subscribing witnesses, at Los Angeies, California, this 5th dayof J nne, 1902.

WILLIAM H. KILER;

Witnesses:

JAMES R, Townsnnn, F. M. Towssnnn. 

